The James Dyson Award is an international design award that celebrates, encourages and inspires the next generation of design engineers. The competition is open to current and recent design engineering students, and is run by the James Dyson Foundation.

The brief for 2020 is 'Design Something That Solves a Problem'. Entrants are asked to think differently, to create products that work better. This year the James Dyson Award will also looking for entries that address a sustainability issue, or have been designed, sourced or manufactured sustainably.

If you don't want to work alone, or if you studied something else but have a brilliant idea you want to share, you can still enter as part of a team.

You can enter as many projects as you want, and you are encouraged to enter your design even if it's at the latter stage of the design process or is already on the market. At all times, the intellectual property in relation to the project will remain the entrant's.

There is no entry fee.

Eligibility

Open to current university students of engineering, product design and industrial design – and those who have graduated in these subjects in the last four years.

Prize

The James Dyson Award is your chance to make a name for yourself as an inventor. As well as winning a significant cash prize (30,000 GBP to the student or student team, 5,000 GBP for their university), you could generate media exposure to kick-start your career, earn the esteem of your peers – and perhaps gain the confidence to launch your own business.